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Project Title
For support of the Lincoln Center Education program
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1959, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts was envisioned by founder John D. Rockefeller as a place where “the arts are not for the privileged few, but for the many.” Guided by this goal, Lincoln Center Education (LCE) aims to remove barriers to participation in the arts for children and families from all five boroughs of New York City, who might not otherwise have access to arts programming. Arts education has been proven to improve academic outcomes for students living in poverty. A 2012 study by the National Endowment for the Arts found that low-income students who received arts education performed better in science and writing and had overall higher GPAs than those who did not. LCE offers arts classes in New York City K-12 schools, community engagement programs on the Lincoln Center campus, and professional development for teaching artists and public school teachers. In response to the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak and New York Stater’s shelter-in-place directive, LCE has rapidly made programming for children and families available online. Each weekday, Lincoln Center Pop-Up Classroom releases a lesson demonstrating how to use common household goods to create art. With Corporation support, LCE will continue to provide high-quality arts programming to students in the New York metropolitan area.
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As a one-time only grant for support of the New Congressional Staff Partnership Program
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
35 months
Description
To build collegial working relationships across the aisle and improve the efficacy of Congress as a policymaking and oversight body, the Partnership for a Secure America designed the New Congressional Staff Partnership Program for incoming Congressional staffers. The program will address the issue of division between parties and the legislative and executive branches of government by connecting new Hill staff with bipartisan congressional staff mentors and counterparts at the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The program will focus on practical ways to help improve interactions, restore trust, and build better communication and understanding between the two branches of government.
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As a one-time grant for congressional programs on national security
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
When the 117th United States Congress meets in January 2021, a basic need for new Capitol Hill staffers will be concise, competent nonpartisan information on foreign policy and national security issues. To help provide that, and experiences by which congressional staff can build relationships across party lines, the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC) has designed a series of private seminars with bipartisan congressional staff, Executive Branch staff, and informed former officials. The seminars will examine existing national security classification review laws and security procedures, including whether and how to reform them. NPEC also will educate congressional staff and members on nuclear threats by engaging staffers in nuclear war simulations, which could provide a template for simulations with members.
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For a book project on the past, present, and future of the National Assessment of Educational Progress
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
27 months
Description
The National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP), launched in 1964 as a result of Corporation support for the Exploratory Committee for the Assessment of Progress in Education, is the largest continuing and nationally representative assessment of what U.S. students know and can do in various subjects. NAEP has become an essential tool for education policymakers, analysts, and practitioners to monitor changes in student achievement over time and to identify where improvement might be made. Yet, for all its importance, few understand NAEP’s workings, its history, its ability to provide timely and actionable data—and the limits on its capacity. Chester Finn, distinguished senior fellow and president emeritus of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, proposes to write a book NAEP’s past, present and future, including its issues and controversies; challenges and constraints; how it has navigated political, technical and fiscal minefields; and what the future may hold for it.
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For a project to integrate the use of high-quality instructional materials into teacher residency programs that partner with school districts to prepare new teachers
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
High-quality instructional materials and curriculum are well-positioned to contribute to instructional change. However, many new teachers struggle to find instructional materials that are high-quality and aligned with new college and career-ready standards. The National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR) has launched and sustained teacher residency programs for the past ten years, improving the quality of new teachers for students in high-need schools and districts. This project will begin to build a coherent experience between teacher residency programs and district partners in which coursework and clinical experiences reinforce teachers’ mindsets about the use of high-quality instructional materials. Through this planning grant, NCTR will: (a) design a series of three workshops for teams of teacher educators and district leaders, (b) engage with organizational partners and workshop teams to transition towards a focus on curriculum literacy, and (c) produce a handbook for teacher preparation providers based on these workshops.
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For a project to expand the Curriculum Matters Professional Learning Network
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
6 months
Description
As high-quality, standards-aligned curricula become more available, strategies for professional learning are shifting towards a curriculum-focused perspective. Many school districts are facing significant instructional challenges and need models of how to implement new curricula with professional learning in their school contexts. Through their highly successful Curriculum Matters media campaign and blog site, StandardsWork has shared features of a high-quality curriculum, promoted positive school experiences with new curricula, and written articles and blogs on the topic. The Curriculum Matters Professional Learning Network (PLN) provides communication support to chief academic officers in school districts around the country as they call for more professional learning supports for educators teaching with high-quality curricula. Through this grant, StandardsWork will: (a) elevate educator voices by enhancing their website and growing their social media and public communication operations and (b) expand collaboration opportunities in their Curriculum Matters PLN through convenings, webinars, and other efforts focused on best practices in curriculum-based professional learning.
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For planning of the Adolescent Learning Technical Assistance Center
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
There is a growing body of neuroscience and cognitive science research focused on how students learn during their formative adolescent years. The science of adolescent learning and development illuminates key lessons for how to craft developmentally responsive learning environments that more effectively support student success, such as the importance of fostering sustained positive relationships and scaffolding instructional practices. However, this knowledge has not yet been broadly disseminated into the education field nor translated into practical recommendations that educators and leaders can enact. American Institutes of Research (AIR) is partnering with the Forum for Youth Investment to plan the Adolescent Learning Technical Assistance Center (ALTAC) to support educators to apply the science of adolescent learning and development at the state, district, and school levels. With Corporation support, AIR will convene the ALTAC advisory group, develop long-term implementation and funding plans for the center, and conduct a scan of relevant existing resources related to the science of adolescent learning and development.
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For project support of season 2 and 3 of Notes from the Backpack: A PTA Podcast
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
9 months
Description
Although research shows that family engagement is a major factor in student success and school improvement, most public schools across the nation are missing out on this connection and still apply the same family engagement practices used many decades ago. Currently, the information-sharing about home-school partnerships is mostly geared towards educators rather than directly to families and given the school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this communication exchange is more important than ever. The National Parent Teacher Association (PTA), the largest child advocacy organization in the United States with over 3.5 million members, established the Center for Family Engagement in 2018 to take a deliberate and focused approach to reimagine family engagement practices and policies for greater equity and effectiveness. The PTA’s podcast, Notes from the Backpack, is one of the core tools for this approach. With Corporation support, the PTA will complete and disseminate thirteen new podcast episodes; develop and implement an audience analysis plan to gauge their listeners’ needs and develop a new strategic marketing plan to further reach their target audiences.
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For support of the national television program, GZERO World with Ian Bremmer
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
The GZERO World with Ian Bremmer seeks to promote awareness and understanding of geopolitical, security, and humanitarian developments threatening global stability. The show is based on a premise that many of today’s global trends present obstacles in addressing major challenges of climate change, data privacy, nuclear proliferation, migration, health pandemics, and others. GZERO World aims to educate and inform the public about international issues by offering fresh and non-ideological conversations with informed guests from around the world. Corporation support will contribute to the production of Season 3, which will examine global issues in the context of COVID-19.
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For research, writing, and dissemination on the future of U.S.-Iran relations
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
Iran is central to such U.S. and global security challenges as nuclear proliferation, Islamist radicalism, cybersecurity, and conflicts in the Middle East. At the same time, Iran is facing uncertainty due to the grave economic situation, the outbreak of COVID-19, and both internal and external political pressures. Understanding Iran’s domestic and foreign policies is critical to developing a non-partisan Iran strategy. A leading Iran expert at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Karim Sadjadpour, will engage in research, analyses, and writings on Iran and related issues with outreach components that would include articles, briefing papers, media appearances, and a podcast series.
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For a special commission on social science research in the Middle East and North Africa
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
36 months
Description
The landscape for social science research in the Arab region today is complex and rapidly evolving. The structural context of research in the region is of critical concern as it shapes topics and methods, career opportunities, and prospects for dissemination and impact of outputs. With an overall aim to improve the quality of social science research on and in the Arab region, the Middle East Institute at Columbia University has joined a collaborative effort among the Columbia Global Centers, the American University in Cairo, the Rabat Social Studies Institute, and the Arab Council for the Social Sciences to establish a Special Commission on Social Science Research in the Middle East and North Africa. The purpose of the Commission is to assess the “big picture” factors that shape decisions about research, propose long-term strategies for addressing impediments, and recommend mechanisms for greater cooperation among social science communities within and beyond the region. Corporation funds will support the Commission’s work, including a set of guidelines for ethical international research in the region, regional workshops, digital outputs, and publications.
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For a cross-site process evaluation on the Promising Pathways program
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) was founded in 1916 and represents 1.7 million members nationwide. In 2016 the AFT implemented Promising Pathways, a multi-city initiative on Career and Technical Education (CTE) and workforce development. Corporation support will allow the AFT do conduct a site-based evaluation to include two to three sites: Peoria, Pittsburgh, and/or San Francisco. AFT staff will work with an external evaluator to develop the process evaluation. AFT will share learnings, both at the local level and across sites to reveal promising practices in terms how to fund, support, and implement varied workforce efforts in local labor and community-based contexts. Dissemination will be multi-channeled, with the AFT relying on its networks of local affiliate leaders and partners (districts, community-based partnerships, area labor councils, etc.), to share the evaluation and equip local communities in making the case for CTE and Career Pathways to be more broadly incorporated into their school systems
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For support of the Academy for American Democracy program
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1804, New-York Historical Society (the Society) is one of the nation’s most renowned historical research libraries, comprising a vast collection of materials on the history, culture, diversity, and continuing evolution of New York and the nation. In the spring of 2019, the Society launched The Academy for American Democracy, a groundbreaking educational initiative that aims to transform the way history and civics is taught to and understood by sixth-grade students, who acquire the knowledge and tools to meaningfully participate in American democracy. With Corporation support, the New-York Historical Society will deliver programming through the end of the school year—employing novel approaches to reach students remotely during the COVID-19-related school and Museum closures—as well as support rigorous program assessment during the summer and full-scale delivery in the 2020-2021 school year.
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For support of a national voter protection program
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
Since the Supreme Court gutted key provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act in Shelby County v. Holder (2013), Congress has been unable to restore voter protections necessary to ensure that all Americans can exercise their right to vote. Moreover, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many states are struggling to adapt their elections infrastructure in ways that would allow all citizens to safely vote. Since 1963, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has been applying their expertise in litigation, public education, and advocacy to safeguard and expand voting rights in the United States. With Corporation support, the Lawyers’ Committee will implement rapid response litigation and its nationwide Election Protection Program to monitor upcoming elections and remove barriers to the franchise across the country.
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For a project to develop and implement a five-year strategic plan for OpenSciEd
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
6 months
Description
The success of the OpenSciEd middle school science curriculum has resulted in demand for and much needed supply of high-quality elementary and high school curricula. To address this need, OpenSciEd engaged Bellwether Education Partners to develop a fact base to inform these decisions. In addition to determining the next steps for additional curriculum development, the initiative’s Advisory Board has requested OpenSciEd to develop a five-year strategic plan. This project will help the Corporation and other key stakeholders in science education determine how to continue to support the development and sustainability of OpenSciEd. Through this renewal grant, Bellwether will work with OpenSciEd to develop: (a) a strategic vision and impact goals, (b) the organization’s science education products and service offerings, (c) the best conditions for OpenSciEd offerings, (d) potential operating and business models, and (e) an implementation strategy based on the findings.
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For project support of Opportunity Online, an academic year-end and summer bundle work for Title 1 schools in twelve cities
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
6 months
Description
Creating pathways to help high-striving, low-income students and students of color advance and demonstrate college readiness is essential to ensure their chances of socioeconomic mobility. The COVID-19 pandemic further jeopardizes access to these pathways for all students, but especially those in under resourced communities. The National Education Equity Lab, launched in 2019, takes existing online credit-bearing courses from top colleges and universities and delivers them to talented, high-striving high school students in Title 1 high school classrooms. With support from the Corporation, the Lab will focus on the most vulnerable communities in twelve cities by delivering support through (1) student summer programming in collaboration with Cornell University to fill the void created by the cutting of many of the summer youth employment opportunities and other programs; and (2) direct support to help students graduate, finish the academic year, and stay on track with their post-secondary plans.
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For support of a nonpartisan radio and digital advertising campaign to increase civic engagement in rural communities
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
In 2016, voter turnout decreased among numerous demographic groups, including in the Black community. In addition to facing numerous systemic barriers to the franchise, such as purges from voting rolls, inaccessible polling sites, and restrictive voter identification laws, research has shown that many Black Americans do not feel adequately engaged by political campaigns and even distrust the efficacy of the electoral process. Founded in 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is one of the most widely recognized membership-based civil rights organizations in the United States. With more than 2.4 million members, activists, and advocates who can be mobilized online and on the ground in every state, the NAACP works to secure and advance full equality of rights without discrimination and marginalization based on race. With Corporation support, NAACP Empowerment Programs, Inc. will amplify nonpartisan digital and radio-based messaging to mobilize low- and moderate-propensity Black voters around the electoral process and spotlight their political influence.
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For support of an initiative to increase civic participation among young women on college campuses
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
College students face numerous barriers to exercising their right to vote, including difficult voter identification laws, lack of accessible polling sites, and even disqualification from “resident” status under some state laws. Founded in 1987, the Feminist Majority Foundation is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering all women and to protecting and extending women’s rights in the United States. With 2020 marking both the centennial of women winning the right to vote and the 49th anniversary of the franchise being extended to the age of eighteen, the Feminist Majority Foundation believes that young women have a unique opportunity to make their voices heard in government. With Corporation support, the Feminist Majority Foundation will leverage its national network of college campuses to educate and mobilize young women, both in-person and online, around their right to vote. This includes informing students about alternatives to in-person voting where available.
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For a board game on strategic philanthropy designed to educate and inspire action
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
26 months
Description
There is little public awareness of the fields of strategic philanthropy and effective altruism, which seek the most cost-effective ways to improve human wellbeing and preserve our collective future. Playmatics is bridging this gap through a highly accessible and engaging board game grounded in rigorous research on effective philanthropy. Board games can immerse people in complex and consequential systems, and are experiencing a revival that allows them to reach a broad and influential audience. The game will allow players to experience the dilemmas of philanthropy firsthand and apply this understanding to their careers, political action, and philanthropic giving.
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For supporting the International Nuclear Security Forum
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
14 months
Description
Civil society remains an important constituency for closing gaps in the international nuclear security system. The International Nuclear Security Forum, a successor to the Fissile Materials Working Group, is a global network of academic and civil society groups dedicated to minimizing the threat from weapons-usable nuclear materials. Through this grant, the Henry L. Stimson Center will act as the coordinator for this coalition. The initiative will bring together experts across disciplines to identify, prioritize, and promote policy solutions. Focal areas will include improving cybersecurity of nuclear facilities, minimizing highly enriched uranium (HEU), and preventing further accumulation of plutonium. The coalition will conduct research and outreach with U.S. and international decisiomakers to promote better-informed policy.
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For the Network for the Model International Mobility Convention
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
80 months
Description
There are an estimated 272 million international migrants—3.5 percent of the world’s population. While most people leave their home countries for work, millions have been driven away due to conflict, violence, and climate change. In 2017, more than thirty experts in demography, refugee law, migration law, sociology, economics, and political science drafted the Model International Mobility Convention (MIMC) reform. The MIMC was designed to fills gaps in international law and build on the Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees through establishing a more regularized and orderly regime for the movement of people. Now that the MIMC has been drafted, launched at numerous events, and garnered the support of leading scholars and officials, the next step is to build a network that will carry forward the promotion and progressive development of the convention. Corporation funding will support planning and outreach workshops at the United Nations (UN) and overseas to advance this goal.
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For support to develop a comprehensive workforce system framework
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
6 months
Description
JobsFirstNYC was created in 2006 to serve as a neutral intermediary to address the workforce needs of out-of-school, out-of-work young adults in New York City. JobsFirstNYC brings together all available community, corporate, human, organizational, private, and public resources to connect young adults to the economic life of New York City. Their mission is to create and advance new solutions that break down barriers and transform the systems supporting young adults and their communities in the pursuit of economic mobility. JobsFirstNYC is deeply focused on the need to rebuild the economy post-COVID-19. This will require a collaborative approach to transform how systems prepare rising generations for the future economy. Corporation support will begin the work to develop a comprehensive workforce system framework to realize systems change by creating: (1) a mapped understanding of the system, its parts, and stakeholders; (2) a clear articulation of the status quo and the obstacles in the way of change; (3) vision for what could be levers to help us get there; and (4) an inclusive plan to advance systems change.
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For the annual librarian awards program honoring exemplary performance by public, academic, and school librarians
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
In 2008, the Corporation partnered with the American Library Association (ALA) and The New York Times to reinstate and expand the awards program under the administration of the ALA. Every year since then, the I Love My Librarian Awards have recognized ten exceptional public, academic, or school librarians who have improved the lives of the people in their communities. According to recipients, the awards have raised the profile of library services and librarians within their communities, and they have been celebrated by local mayors, city councils, and school districts in addition to print, radio, television, and online media. These awards are aimed at drawing attention to the key roles librarians play in promoting literacy and education, creating lifelong learners, and developing an informed electorate to sustain democratic traditions. Last year, the ALA moved the awards ceremony from the Corporation’s offices in New York to their annual winter conference. The event was held in front of approximately 400 members of the library community and was live streamed on Facebook where it was viewed by nearly 8,000 users. The change has increased awareness of the program and allowed winners to take advantage of the conference’s educational and networking opportunities.
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For a project to build a field of critical development studies in the Arab region
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
In the past decade the Arab region has experienced major mobilizations, political transformations, and prolonged conflicts. Scholars point to economic challenges and inequality as critical drivers of sustained uprisings. The area is a hub for international development interventions, yet lacks academic programs to train and connect expertise in the region. In light of the magnitude of the economic and social challenges, the American University of Beirut (AUB) will launch a scholars network and a diploma program to build the field of critical development studies in the Arab region. In collaboration with the School for African and Oriental Studies (SOAS), the project will examine how development is conceptualized and implemented in the Arab region and beyond. This initiative accompanies the introduction of a new Diploma in Development Studies at AUB to offer students and scholars the opportunity to participate in policy development and debates through local and regionally-anchored perspectives. Corporation funds will support workshops, publications, a development studies summer institute, and other start-up costs for the initiative.
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For the Center for Peace and Development partnership with the Security in Context Network
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
For decades the Arab region has been a theater of internationalized armed conflicts, foreign policy interventions, and shifting geopolitical orders that require analysis and communication by scholars and researchers. In response to these changing circumstances and with Corporation support, scholars have formed Security in Context (SiC), an interdisciplinary network of university nodes promoting collaborative research and policy analysis on key questions regarding peace and conflict, the political economy of security and insecurity, and international norms. The Center for Peace and Development at the University of Oklahoma will serve as a regional node of the network under the thematic title “Peace, Conflict, and International Political Economy.” This research cluster will focus on transnational processes related to financial and economic trends among others, to understand their impact in Middle East North Africa (MENA) and other regions. Corporation funds will support working groups, publications, public events, and partnerships with MENA and Global South institutions.
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For the South China Sea Data Initiative
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
The South China Sea region has experienced increasing levels of conflict in recent years due to overlapping maritime claims. Despite growing coverage in the media and attention from think tanks, policymakers, and politicians, scholarly research on this topic has not taken advantage of the big data revolution. To support improved analysis and understanding, the South Sea Data Initiative will generate a unique dataset of maritime conflict incidents in the region and share with relevant analytical and practitioner communities.
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For project support to launch a strategic plan to scale the transformative impact of a college degree for first-generation and low-income students
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1997, Bottom Line seeks to create a far-reaching ripple effect, launched by the transformative power of a college degree and a mobilizing first career that will uplift individuals, families and entire communities. Bottom Line partners directly with underserved students to fulfill their ambitions to select the right college, earn a Bachelor’s degree, and secure a first job that will launch their careers. Bottom Line has built a proven college-completion and career-readiness model that addresses systemic inequity for educational attainment and economic advancement. Almost 22,000 students strong today, Bottom Line has the opportunity to dramatically increase the number of college graduates throughout the country through local and new site expansion and by leveraging their expertise with the field through the implementation of a strategic plan. Corporation support will help Bottom Line further refine the strategic plan and deploy the necessary project support needed to execute the plan effectively and efficiently.
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For support of a voter engagement program targeting low-propensity women voters
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
Mothers are a substantial, yet often neglected, sector of the electorate. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 72 percent of all mothers in the United States participate in the national labor force, making them a critical constituency. Unfortunately, many mothers lack adequate information and support to participate in the political process. In addition to facing policies that restrict voting irrespective of parental status, working mothers can be especially discouraged by long lines at polling locations. These issues have a disproportionate impact on single mothers and mothers who do not have access to childcare. MomsRising Education Fund is a nonpartisan grassroots organization that amplifies women’s voices around national, state, and local policy issues. It has more than 1 million active volunteers in all fifty states and operates a media platform with more than 3,000 bloggers and an audience of 5 million readers. With Corporation support, MomsRising Education Fund will implement a robust voter engagement program in eleven target states, reaching up to 4.1 million low-propensity “mom voters” through a diverse communications program.
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For rebuilding the national security workforce through the lens of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice
Date
Dec. 10, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
The next administration will inherit a range of complex crises. From COVID-19 to the economy, the United States and the world at large will remain beset by both existing and newly-emergent challenges of historic proportions. To restore U.S. leadership abroad, the United States must repair its national security workforce at home, which faces departures, retirements, and slowing recruitment. The national security workforce is also under-resourced and not representative of America’s diversity. Truman Center for National Policy – a nationwide membership organization of next generation national security leaders—is committed to shaping and advocating for tough and smart national security solutions through strengthening national expertise. With support from the Corporation, it will pursue a set of activities to train, track, recruit, and rebuild a more vibrant and diverse national security workforce, while also showcasing to policymakers how diversifying this workforce can be a strategic asset.
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For a project on how disruptive technology alters crisis dynamics among great powers
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
27 months
Description
Despite the pandemic, multiple countries continue to invest in technologically-driven, disruptive military capabilities as part of a return to great power competition. The expansion of these capabilities can exacerbate international rivalries, heighten uncertainty, and accentuate relative power considerations with the potential to pull major powers into international crises and militarized disputes. This project, building on findings from previous Corporation-supported research that fed into a major, congressionally-mandated report of the U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission, will explore these assumptions by investigating the interaction between disruptive technology and crisis decision making through simulations and surveys of relevant experts and government officials. Focusing on technological developments in Artificial Intelligence, quantum, and hypersonic missiles, this work will result in policy-relevant reports and outreach.
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As an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic to support the remote learning rapid response network
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
7 months
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented disruption of our public education system. As of May 1, forty-five states, the District of Columbia, and four territories had transitioned to distance learning, resulting in forty-seven million public school students learning remotely for a quarter of the school year. Districts are navigating both urgent short-term needs such as connecting students with technology and long-term concerns such as mitigating learning loss. The Learning Accelerator (TLA) drives improvement in the education sector through knowledge development, networked learning, and strategic dissemination in service of ensuring that all students receive high-quality, personalized learning experiences. TLA seeks to enhance the quality of remote learning by launching a rapid-response coaching network for high-need school districts as they implement remote models and plan for an uncertain future. Corporation support will enable TLA and its partners to provide timely, individualized coaching to at least 200 districts and disseminate tools and lessons learned to inform the response of the field more broadly.
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As an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic to support of Wide Open School, a free collection of online learning experiences for children and their families
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
6 months
Description
Due to the COVID pandemic, schools across the country will likely remain closed for the rest of the school year. Our education system is unprepared to transition to remote learning, and families are scrambling to come up with solutions for how to keep their children learning and emotionally strong. Through this grant, Common Sense Media, the leading nonprofit organization working to help all children thrive in the world of media and technology, will design and operate Wide Open School, a digital initiative that will make “learning from home” an effective and emotionally rewarding experience for families and students. With Corporation support, Common Sense Media will: (a) operate their open collection of online learning experiences for kids and families that curates resources from leading media, tech companies and education publishers such as Amplify, Scholastic, Sesame, Google, PBS Learning Media, National Geographic etc.; (b) add hundreds of additional vetted digital resources in core academic subjects, as well as gym, music, art, dance, reading, mindfulness, well-being check-ins, and movie nights; and (c) build new interactive and community features for educators and families.
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For the Center for Strategic and International Studies Congressional Foresight Initiative
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
17 months
Description
Congress plays a central role in determining U.S. foreign and national security policy, and in so doing needs to understand current crises, their underlying causes, and their relationships to broader, longer-term trends. To help the legislative branch with future-oriented thinking, a project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will engage bipartisan cadres of congressional staffers in discussions about foresight analysis in policymaking. The program will draw on CSIS and external experts to discuss issues that will play an outsized role in reshaping international affairs in the next decade and beyond. The program will consist of a series of workshops and a capstone study experience.
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For support of the COVID-19 Student Emergency Fund
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY is the only public graduate school of journalism in the northeastern U.S. It was launched in 2006 to address the need for an affordable graduate school in the heart of the nation’s media capital to serve a diverse student population and advance the digital transformation of the industry. Over half the students at the Newmark J-School receive at least partial scholarships for tuition and living expenses. Due to the economic uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 crisis, the annual fundraising gala for these scholarships has been cancelled and students may be forced to drop out come fall. Corporation support will ensure that all enrolled students in both graduate programs will graduate by December.
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For a project to support The Last Mile Talent Development, Inc.
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
Many industries are in the process of outsourcing their entire computing power (store, manage, and process data) to cloud computing platforms which can reduce Information Technology costs significantly. This shift to cloud computing represents a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity for companies and high paying positions for individuals with skills in this field. However, there is a shortage of skilled workers that can support the massive migration and maintenance to cloud computing. The Knowledge House’s Last Mile Talent Development Initiative (LMTD) will bridge the gap between the existing and growing corporate need and the shortage of skilled workers by training high-performing under-resourced students and graduates from City University of New York, private colleges and community based organizations (CBOs). These colleges and CBOs represent an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse pool of candidates. Corporation support will help launch LMTD which will engage employers and colleges to train and connect highly talented and diverse students to fill current staffing needs that exist within Cloud Computing.
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As a one-time only grant for support of the Student Emergency Relief Fund
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1847, the City University of New York (CUNY) is the nation’s largest urban public university, a transformative engine of social mobility that is a critical component of the lifeblood of New York City.The University serves more than 275,000 degree-seeking students each year, both undergraduate and graduate, many of whom work full time while obtaining their degrees. Still, 48 percent of CUNY students noted food insecurity and 55 percent reported housing insecurity well before COVID-19 hit. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, CUNY has established the Chancellor’s Emergency Relief Grant Program in response to the serious financial hardships many CUNY students and their families now face. With Corporation support, the program will provide one-time grants to qualifying CUNY students to help cover their basic living expenses as the pandemic and its economic consequences continue to unfold.
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For project support for the delivery of instructional material to families
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
4 months
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We are at an unprecedented period in American education where the normal operations of K-12 schools will face disruptions over the next several months of COVID-19. Schools and education organizations have had to, in very short order, grapple with an array of challenges from providing meals to students disconnected from school to developing rapid-cycle decision-making and delivering online education at a scale that was inconceivable just a few weeks ago. There is an immediate and urgent need to support students and families across the country to access quality instructional materials that work around the device-connectivity challenge and ensure that the nation’s students have equitable access to content. With support from the Corporation, Bellwether Education Partners – in partnership with parent advocacy and support organizations EdNavigator, GreatSchools, and Learning Heroes and with the National Summer Learning Association – proposes to rapidly design and launch a solution that addresses families’ critical needs by delivering hard copies of instructional materials that connects them with critical learning content.
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As an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic to develop, test, and disseminate learning recovery and acceleration models to support the reopening of school systems
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
6 months
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Developing teacher capacity to deliver stronger and more equitable instruction is an essential part of education reform in our country. To combat the effects of inequities during this time of disrupted schooling, districts and school systems need to enact distance learning models during the summer and fall to mitigate learning loss. Educators will need to be prepared to effectively respond to exacerbated inequity with instructional responses that accelerate learning as opposed to focusing on remediation. This project will test new and simple models for learning recovery and acceleration and support system change and expansion in educator capacity to respond to the increased learning demands. Through this grant, Instruction Partners will: a) engage in an inquiry of stakeholders about best practices in accelerated student learning; b) develop frameworks and mental models for learning acceleration across multiple curricula; c) design professional learning for teachers using these frameworks; and d) refine and scale these models and frameworks with their partner systems.
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As an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic to develop and provide curriculum-based professional learning, coaching, and assessments to prepare educators to reopen schools
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
6 months
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Remote learning requires an enormous shift for teachers and school leaders. There is an urgent need for curricula, platforms, and professional learning support to enable teachers and leaders to continue high-quality instruction to prevent significant learning loss during this time of distance learning. Teaching Lab’s services focus on strong professional learning for teachers that improve student outcomes. In collaboration with Achievement Network, this project will support school systems to reduce student learning loss. Through this grant, Teaching Lab and Achievement Network will: a) create and adopt common high-quality instructional principles and tools that support schools and systems in reopening schools; b) redesign professional learning for leaders and teachers that can be administered virtually through technological platforms; and c) collect data from school system partners on the demand for summer and fall professional learning and district capacity and budgets.
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As an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic for a project to develop and release a freely available Professional Learning Partner Guide to inform school systems' decisions to purchase curriculum-based professional learning services
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
5 months
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Schools, school systems, and state agencies across the country face unprecedented challenges because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now more than ever, students need the highest quality traditional and distance instruction to make up for lost learning during the transition to distance learning. Rivet Education works with state education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs) to provide educators with reliable information about the quality of professional learning providers. This project will develop and release a freely available Professional Learning Partner Guide (PLPG) to help SEAs and LEAs identify national and local professional learning partners to support the adoption and implementation of standards-aligned curriculum materials in their school systems. Through this grant, Rivet Education will: a) build an online platform; b) finalize the reviews and content for the online platform; c) launch the PLPG with an accompanying communications campaign; and d) solicit feedback from users and stakeholders to inform future enhancements.
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For the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership Student Emergency Fund
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
12 months
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The Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership supports and promotes pedagogy and research in the social sciences. It is dedicated to fostering the values of leadership development and engagement in domestic and international policy, public service, business and finance. Their request aligns with the Foundation’s commitment to address the needs of New York’s communities during the Covid-19 crisis. In a typical year, the Colin Powell School of Civic and Global Leadership distributes $100,000 in emergency aid to students, which they anticipate will triple given the current crisis. With Corporation support, the Colin Powell School will be able to meet the immediate needs of many more students whose circumstances are compromised.
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For project support of a televised segment to inform families of available education-related resources
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
5 months
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The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically disrupted school systems and traditional learning methods throughout the United States. Due to school closures, families have become full-time educators, and most are unprepared for this unprecedented shift with little guidance on how to best support learning at home. A population disproportionately affected by the current pandemic are Hispanics. Historically an underserved population that has faced language, social and cultural barriers, is now encountering an even more difficult task struggling to find reliable information and resources addressing their needs in Spanish. Univision, the country’s largest provider of Spanish-language content, reaches over 80 percent of the U.S Hispanic population. With support from the Corporation, Univision will produce and air four weekly segments on their social media, radio and their top-rated national morning show, Despierta America (Wake up America), with a reach of over 2 million households. Each segment will feature Education Program grantees – educational experts discussing resources available in Spanish.
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For support of the COVID-19 student emergency fund
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
12 months
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Founded in 1919, Baruch College, one of the 11 senior schools within the CUNY system, is ranked among the region’s and nation’s top colleges. The College is home to more than 18,000 students, who speak more than 110 languages and trace their heritage to more than 160 countries and has been repeatedly named one of the most ethnically diverse student bodies in the United States. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, distance learning has become a particular challenge for low-income students who have relied on the school’s computer lab to complete their course work since owning computers and securing internet access has not been economically feasible. With Corporation support, Baruch will purchase computers and provide other emergency relief assistance as needs arise in an effort retain as many matriculating students as possible during the pandemic.
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For the Arab Public Data Initiative
Date
Dec. 10, 2020
Duration
24 months
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A leading obstacle identified in Arab social sciences is the lack of data and data analysis capacity within the region. In 2017 with Corporation support and partners in the region, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) launched the first interdisciplinary social-science data archive in the Arab region. Following its successful design and implementation, the initiative will now broaden the scale of data archiving with new strategies to promote the norms of data preservation and access. The initiative will also expand training of trainers in the region, preparing each to conduct their own data archiving workshops. Corporation funds will support staff costs, workshops, and data analysis.
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For a project on contentious politics since the ‘Arab Spring’
Date
Dec. 10, 2020
Duration
27 months
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As the world approaches the ten-year anniversary of the uprisings that swept across the Middle East, another wave of mass mobilization and political upheaval have unfolded in countries like Iraq, Sudan, Algeria, and Lebanon. Chatham House will conduct a retrospective political analysis of the implications and aftermath of the Arab uprisings, with an aim of revisiting and unpacking dominant paradigms through which the uprisings have been categorized as a failure. Alongside regional thinkers and practitioners, Chatham House will investigate the continuous nature of political, social, economic, and security transformations in the region. Corporation funds will support staff costs, research workshops, policy briefings, publications, and multimedia content.
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For communications and advocacy to promote pro-refugee policies at state and federal levels
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
18 months
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Over the last three years, the current Administration has gutted the refugee resettlement program and asylum system. As a result of these policies and ongoing attempts to normalize anti-immigrant rhetoric in political discourse, there has been a resurgence of hate groups; and anti-immigrant, anti-refugee, and anti-Muslim efforts have become more coordinated and active. Church World Service (CWS) is an interfaith organization that was founded in 1946 to develop just and sustainable responses to global hunger, poverty, displacement, and disaster. With Corporation support, CWS will work to educate local, state, and national policymakers about policies that will improve the lives of refugees, including workforce development proposals that strengthen refugee and immigrant integration, expand access to education, support emergency licensing for internationally-trained healthcare professionals, and improve language accessibility.
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As an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic to address the digital divide and college access gaps affecting 11th and 12th graders living in public housing
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
12 months
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EveryoneOn works to create social and economic opportunity by connecting low-income families to affordable internet service and computers, and delivering digital skills trainings. Since 2012 EveryoneOn has connected 784,000 people to high-speed internet, deployed thousands of devices, and facilitated hundreds of digital trainings across the nation for the most vulnerable among us. The current pandemic exacerbates the negative impacts of the existing digital divide, namely the lack of high-speed internet at home and a reliable internet connection, and access to resources and support to prepare for postsecondary education on low-income students. EveryoneOn plans to bridge the digital divide and college access gaps affecting high school students living in public housing accelerating college readiness opportunities for 11th and 12th graders through a high-impact project that 1) connects students to high-speed internet; 2) deploys reliable computers; 3) leverages college access organizations to deliver high-quality college readiness programs and/or resources; and 4) empowers parents/guardians of participants to be digital ready in an effort to support their students’ postsecondary pathways.
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For the Bombshelltoe Policy Arts Collective
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
39 months
Description
If the nuclear security sector is to remain salient, it must adopt fresh modes of inquiry and communication to reach a rising generation of political and civil society leaders. Housed at Fulcrum Arts, Bombshelltoe offers an alternative model of understanding and presenting nuclear policy which embraces contemporary culture and expertise from diverse sources. This project will work with artists and scholars to translate research into creative works so that the message can simultaneously make its way to policy tables, activist circles, and exhibition halls. Bombshelltoe seeks to expand the constituency for nuclear issues and ensure that political and civil society leaders give this issue sufficient attention.
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For a project on feminism and nuclear security
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
16 months
Description
The 2020 global disruption caused the pandemic and the recent groundswell of support for racial justice have led to some soul-searching within the nuclear security community. In order to cope with pressing societal challenges and problem articulation, the nuclear policy community needs to explore more diverse narratives and approaches. One such approach is feminist political theory, which embraces values like intersectionality and justice in foreign policy. There is a rich, if underappreciated, literature on feminism and nuclear deterrence, arms control, and disarmament, which provides a foundation for such inquiry. Through this grant, the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy (CFFP) will survey past work on feminist political thought related to nuclear issues, derive insights from this research for questions we face today, and outline areas for future work.
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For a project on defining the future of arms control
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
20 months
Description
By 2021 the world may have no remaining nuclear arms control agreements, which would significantly increase risk and uncertainty among nuclear powers. To help policymakers understand this new landscape, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR), in partnership with its international network of experts, will identify options to mitigate these risks. CSR will seek to develop consensus over which types of nuclear delivery vehicles and deterrence practices pose the highest risk. Through working with experts in and out of government, the project will identify practical steps to reduce these highest priority risks. This process will focus not only on goals but on interim steps, from negotiating processes to verification measures, that will be necessary for success.
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